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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update
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Posted by: urfired
What are we gonna do about the new maps if we play halo 2 on an X-box 360??????


HAHA. origninally, the new maps were only going to be supported for the 360, joker.


So does that mean that we will use gamerscore points to download the maps?

  • 04.07.2007 5:01 PM PDT
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I like the idea of the updates but i don't like the fact of resetting the ranks. I worked really hard to get a 34 in snipers on my main. Now I'm gonna be back at a one again and people won't believe the rank i was. And then there is the chance of getting paired up with the people who aren't at my skill level.

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  • 04.07.2007 5:06 PM PDT

Relax, everything is always -blam!- up

A post from my clan mate MO5TLY Baalist0 on the Harmless forums. ******

The following quote from friday's (7th-apr) bungie weekly update combined with my love of Half Life 2 and source gave me an idea for the x button, read on:.....

"The first fusion core was pretty, but lacked the necessary warning signage seen in the new, improved Halo 3 Fusion Core. The new improved Fusion Core will become important in strange, secret ways in Fall 2007. Consider yourself warned."


"Here we see the three stages of Fusion Core "stability" from inert to face-meltingly assploded. The trick is to not use them as desks, or hiding places. Rolling and stacking them can be deadly, or rewarding. Depending on your level of skill and patience. Everything you see here is in-game, except the hexagons."



Taken from: http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid= 12345

Theres some serious evidence here for a hardcore physics engine in the upcoming masterpiece, considering the pretty decent physics engine and graphics in Halo 2 considering it was on xbox, combined with bungie's excellent game code and talent for pushing the technologies available to them.

i quote: "Rolling and stacking them can be deadly, or rewarding. Depending on your level of skill and patience."

Now give them the potentially awesome power of 360 and a 'next gen' game to build on it logically i think they will make a physics engine detailed enough to make it fully interactive.

X Button = PICK UP/DROP(throw?) OBJECT

potentially the greatest thing ever for campaign, and adding masses more strats and tactics, and potentially better weapon balancing in multiplayer.

"The new improved Fusion Core will become important in strange, secret ways in Fall 2007. Consider yourself warned."

This is what im hedging my bets on for the secret X button function.

*here ends the X button essay*

  • 04.07.2007 5:17 PM PDT
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These sound very worthy to be shown in such an awsome game

  • 04.07.2007 5:28 PM PDT
Subject: rank resets?

i am extremely disappointed to hear that you are going to reset the ranks. it took me years to get where i am today and i am very proud to say that i have never cheated, not once, to get here. its going to take forever to get my ranks back up. i dont even know if i ever actually will get them back because of the h3 beta now coming out i wont even be playin h2. it sucks.. i just wanted to leave my high levels as they are so i could look back on them and remember all the noobs i pwned over the years. i also am curious as to how the resets are going to affect cheaters. will more people try to cheat and say "o well i was a 35 b4 the resets so ill just cheat untill i get to a 35 and then ill stop." or will your supposed new methods of banhammering do the trick? your threats to cheaters in the past have not been quite as terrifying as you have promised. at least not the public's eye. maybe to the lot of cheaters but you guys dont really give us much feedback on your success. i still get cheated at least 3 times a day so i meen there could still be work done in that department. i think i pretty much got off topic, but still, it really, really sucks to hear that my levels are going back to 1. if theres any thing you can do to alter your decision in my favor (and the favor of countless others), i would very much appreciate it. until then im gona go cry in a corner...

  • 04.07.2007 6:24 PM PDT
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Whenare te Rank resets going to happen?

  • 04.07.2007 6:39 PM PDT
Subject: rank resets?

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Hm, with all of the cheating going on and such, I feel the real way to deter major cheating would to eliminate the 2-day/1 month XBL cards. All they have to do is spend a small amount of cash to get another pass. If microsoft upped it to like 6 month or 1 year, that would stop a fair amount of cheating just because it becomes too expensive.

As for rank reset, so what? Its just numbers, plus you should enjoy working your way back up. If you are that good then it should be fairly easy. I mean when I see a person who is a lv 30-40 I don't wet myself. I only would possibly admire them if they are good players in the sense of skill and following the correct rules for the gametype. Then, and only then does a gamer have respect imo. Also, if Beta comes out soon, for those with a 360, I am betting they will be playing Beta instead of H2. It will be interesting to see what happens.

  • 04.07.2007 6:40 PM PDT
Subject: Bungie Weekly Update

GT: AuziesWrath :)

"When are the ranks going to reset?"

You retard, 4/24 They said it twice.

"Next week is going to be significant"

I Wonder what it is?

I can't wait.

[Edited on 04.07.2007 6:42 PM PDT]

  • 04.07.2007 6:41 PM PDT

I hate signatures :)

Zeppelin Rules!

"A pure hand needs no glove to cover it." - Nathaniel Hawthorne

It seems I will be undergoing the long, arduous journey of getting my level 30 again. Oh how I wish Halo 3 were here...

  • 04.07.2007 6:50 PM PDT

I GOT PEOPLE ON MY SIDE

Really! the same day

  • 04.07.2007 6:55 PM PDT
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"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."

- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

Holy shiz! That was one awesome friggin' huge Update!

I am certainly entertained.





  • 04.07.2007 7:12 PM PDT

Shmokin a pancake

anyone else notice how good the wall looked in the assplotion pic?

[Edited on 04.07.2007 7:24 PM PDT]

  • 04.07.2007 7:23 PM PDT
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Hah... A funny thing.... I went into matchmaking, Team Slayer, because I wasn't afraid of losing my 37- since the ranks would reset anyway... and I went all the way up to a 40. Huh. Sucks for me.

  • 04.07.2007 7:27 PM PDT
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Wow now I have to boost for my 50 again...=/

  • 04.07.2007 7:54 PM PDT
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Down to 48 in DT...

  • 04.07.2007 8:09 PM PDT

Warthog Bumper Sticker Quotes:
"My driver is underaged, a menace to society, and I have no RB to eject!"

"I know what your thinking, and no I dont use Viagra."

"Bigger, IS Better."

"I have no mirrors on this baby because if i did, i would crash from looking at my sexy-self too much."

"This bumber sticker is a sorry excuse for you to look at my tailpipe."

i really wonder what the fusion cores that differ from the original like the ones on Containment will look like... hm.....

  • 04.07.2007 8:27 PM PDT
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O.M.G. No. Rank resets??? NOOOO! ahg, other than that it sounds good... DAMMIT THOUGH!!! Rank resets??!?!/

  • 04.07.2007 10:07 PM PDT

Just Relax : )

Instead of resetting the Ranks.
You Desingner's could better get all
of the stupit weapon Glitches out of
the game with a simple Patch!

  • 04.07.2007 11:09 PM PDT

Posted by: LordOLink
Instead of resetting the Ranks.
You Desingner's could better get all
of the stupit weapon Glitches out of
the game with a simple Patch!


"HeroicKarma"

Whenare te Rank resets going to happen?




Where do you people learn how to spell?

  • 04.07.2007 11:18 PM PDT

Just Relax : )

Posted by: J TO THE P
Posted by: LordOLink
Instead of resetting the Ranks.
You Desingner's could better get all
of the stupit weapon Glitches out of
the game with a simple Patch!


"HeroicKarma"

Whenare te Rank resets going to happen?




Where do you people learn how to spell?


I normally Speak Dutch
maybe that's the reason : )

  • 04.07.2007 11:23 PM PDT
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How did the whole "Mister Chief" pictures and things come about at the end of all the weekly updates????

  • 04.07.2007 11:26 PM PDT
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Posted by: Mattie J 25
Okay so this is what is going to happen when the ranks are reset.

#1 all the -blam!- cheaters are going to be cheating even more at low levels
#2 kids that are good ( legit 30,40s) are going to destroy everyone making it really frustratiing for the not so good players.
#3 lots of kids with high ranks are going to quit, so when people get high ranks again, they will never find a match.

also
the banhammer system is a joke anyway. i have an account that i got to a 48 in (legit) yea dont worry.. check my games. xi frog xi.. and im even on the leaderboards on a website www.topgunstats.com yet bungie lays down a permanent ban on me... what a joke... ban the CHEATERS

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Actually you weren't legit and you were banned justly. Bungie does not ban legit players. Their automated system doesn't go high level hunting you moron. They ban for real reasons. Or perhaps you're a royal jerk and you were banned for trash talking like a noob.

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not saying he was legit, but bungie does ban legit players.my roommate was completely legit, played on a 360 and never modded or bridged or anything. he hates that stuff.he didn't get banned for trash talking because he doesn't ever use a head set. so it does happen to legit players, cause it happened to us. since I (and my roommate)love bungie and everything halo, we quickly forgave them and bought a new account. just saying-it does happen.

great update!

[Edited on 04.08.2007 1:02 AM PDT]

  • 04.08.2007 12:59 AM PDT

FML?

Okay, I just noticed something: if X button Is pick up/drop object (as previously said), then that makes sense as to why the new warthog turret looks COLLAPSABLE.

Look at the front picture, with the warthog on the pile of cores; the turret is completely changed! It's angled foreward (at a resting place, I assume), but I think it is that way so it can be collapsed and removed, as a mobile turret. Heck, they "talked" about it when they detailed the halo 3 'hog.

Until now, making clean animations for this may have been too challenging, but now they have had the time and skills to do so.

ALSO, in this update it talks about "stacking" the barrels, how else do you safely stack them without getting asploded? You PICK them up!

yay!

somehow this doesn't sound all that plausible... but thoughts are good!

  • 04.08.2007 1:37 AM PDT
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Posted by: x Lord Revan x
Reseting the Ranks? THAT SUCKS. I hate having to play through a ton of games with players that are absolutely horrible. I like a challenge. Now in order to actually get that challenge im going to have to play at least 80 games in each category. THAT SUCKS. I enjoy having a high rank, and enjoy playing against the people who are at my rank because they provide a challenge. Slaughtering poor players diminishes my skills as they do things that are expected and dont test my ability. Thanks for ruining my day...

hey jackass, if everybodys rank is reset then u will be playing against people like me. AND I WILL KICK YOUR RIGHTEOUS ASS IN NEXT WEEK

  • 04.08.2007 2:02 AM PDT
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I hope this is also a brilliant trap by bungie to set the cheaters up for a ban!
Think about it... as soon as the ranks got reset last time the cheaters went wild trying to get their beloved false ranks back will bungie be ready this time ? I think so . :D

  • 04.08.2007 5:28 AM PDT